Thread: Pedals: Baskets vs. Clip ons
View Single Post
Old 04-22-13 | 08:26 PM
  #8  
roccobike's Avatar
roccobike
Bike Junkie
 
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 9,625
Likes: 40
From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC

Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist

Originally Posted by Zephyr11
Baskets are terrifying. You can't tighten them tight enough to get any benefits from them unless you want to get stuck in them when you need to get out. And then I guarantee they'll flip upside down when you need to get in. Mountain bikers have two choices: clipless or platform, and that's it.
+1, What Zephyr11 said. IMHO, on an MTB on single track, baskets are dangerous. I used them when I first returned to cycling and removed them from the bike the first time I tried to get my foot out of the basket on single track and couldn't.
__________________
Roccobike BF Official Thread Terminator
roccobike is offline  
Reply
0